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Bill: Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Aldurian League of Communists
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2250
Description[?]:
| We need to build an education system which teaches our people to think creatively and deal with the realities of life rather than subject our children to glorified memory tests, violent punishments, the dangers of sexual ignorance and so called 'patriotic' indoctrination. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools should not educate students in sexual matters.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Proposed: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers may use corporal punishment at their discretion.
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:01:38, July 04, 2006 CET | From | Romantic Party | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | Student creativity is meant to be the arts and such, and creativity is useless without practical results, which encourages creativity with a constructive result. |
| Date | 04:30:53, July 04, 2006 CET | From | Radical-Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | We'd support this if the first article was a tad more lenient. |
| Date | 08:40:36, July 04, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian Labor Party | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | No for this bill |
| Date | 13:28:33, July 04, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian League of Communists | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | AMLP, what do you mean by more lenient? RP creativity extends far beyond the arts, surely the ability to think creatively is essential if people are going to be running the economy through DWC's? |
| Date | 15:17:02, July 04, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian League of Communists | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | have removed section on testing as am supporting rp's bill on that |
| Date | 16:11:46, July 04, 2006 CET | From | Radical-Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | No, we mean Article 1, dealing with the National Anthem. |
| Date | 00:46:28, July 05, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian Republican League | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | We believe a happy compromise could be handled between no school national anthem singing and everyday singing of the national anthem. Perhaps only at assemblies? |
| Date | 00:48:14, July 05, 2006 CET | From | Aldurian Republican League | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | We believe a happy compromise could be handled between no school national anthem singing and everyday singing of the national anthem. Perhaps only at assemblies? |
| Date | 03:37:01, July 05, 2006 CET | From | Radical-Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Education Bill |
| Message | That would be acceptable. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 223 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 146 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "Without opposition there is no politics." - Alun Daffys, former Alorian politician |